Which of Edinburgh’s most gruesome murders has happened in your street? And were they committed by Burke and Hare, by the Stockbridge Baby-Farmer, by the Demon Frenchman of... Læs mere
Which of Greater London’s most gruesome murders happened in your street? And were they committed by Graham Frederick Young, the Poisoner of the North Circular Road, by... Læs mere
Meet the Victorians in their strangest forms. After reading this book, your views on Victorian culture will change forever.
New B-format paperback edition - This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.
The ghoulish handiwork of nineteenth-century London - the rivals of the Ripper.
In his new collection of essays, Jan Bondeson tells ten fascinating stories of myths and hoaxes, beliefs and Ripley-like facts, concerning the animal kingdom.
A successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their...
This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.